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Spore Score: 85/100 · The Pros: 90 · The Punters: 66 · 3 sources
Must-see. Spore Score 85/100. The Pros rate it 24 points higher than The Punters.
By Fuzzy Mushroom · Updated 11 November 2026 · The Pros 90 · The Punters 66 · Spore Score 85 · How we write our takes
The Last Jedi is the most argued-about Star Wars film. The Pros give it 90. The Punters give it 66. That 24-point gap is unusual because it runs the other way from most blockbusters: critics liked it more than fans did. The Spore Score of 85 is fuzzy. Critics admired a film that took risks with a famous series. Many fans felt those risks undercut characters and mysteries they cared about.
Writer-director Rian Johnson picks up straight after The Force Awakens. Rey (Daisy Ridley) has found Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) on the island of Ahch-To, but he refuses to teach her. The Resistance, led by Leia (Carrie Fisher, in her final completed role), is being hunted through space by the First Order. Finn (John Boyega) and newcomer Rose (Kelly Marie Tran) go on a mission to disable a tracking device.
It looks spectacular. The throne-room fight in red, a hyperspace jump that cuts a fleet in half in total silence, and a salt-flat battle on Crait that kicks up crimson dust are among the most striking images in the series. Johnson asks hard questions about legends, failure and whether the Jedi should end, and the relationship between Rey and Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) is genuinely surprising.
Luke's bitterness felt like a betrayal to many who grew up with him. Answers to questions the previous film set up, including Rey's parents and Snoke's identity, are brushed aside. The casino planet subplot is widely seen as a detour, and the humour can undercut the drama.
Both camps have a case. It is the most ambitious Star Wars film since The Empire Strikes Back and also the one most likely to annoy people who care about the series' mythology.
Must-see, Spore Score 85. Bold, beautiful and divisive. We lean with The Pros: whatever you think of the choices, it is a film that actually makes them.
Genres: Action, Sci-fi/Fantasy.
| Site | Side | Site score | Adjusted /100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rotten Tomatoes | The Pros (critics) | 91% | 89 |
| Metacritic | The Pros (critics) | 84/100 | 91 |
| IMDb | The Punters (audiences) | 6.8/10 | 66 |
The Pros' sites said 86, adjusted to 90; The Punters' sites said 68, adjusted to 66. Every review site has habits: some score high, some low, some bunch everything in the middle. We measure each site's habit across thousands of films and iron it out, so a 7/10 from a generous site and a 7/10 from a harsh one aren't treated the same. Then critics and audiences each get one figure, and the Spore Score sits between them. How the Spore Score works.
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